A.M. 1723. B.C. 2281. Genesis 11:14
- Section IX - The Line to Abram - XXXV. The Line of Abram 18. רעוּ re‛û , Re‘u, “friend;” verb: “feed, delight in, enjoy.” 20. שׂרוּג...
The Descendants of Shem. This section, like Genesis 11:5 , is taken from P. Here the formula is abbreviated, but whether this was so originally or...
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Eber ] the ancestor of the Hebrews. See on Genesis 14:13 .
THE TÔLDÔTH SHEM. (10-26) These are the generations of Shem. — Here also, as in Genesis 5 , there is a very considerable divergence between the...
the Generations until Abram Genesis 11:10-32 The inwardness of the movement of Terah's clan from Ur is given in Acts 7:3 . Apparently his fath...
In this chapter we have the account of a human movement against dispersion. The movement was one of rebellion and was frustrated by divine interposit...
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. He had a son born to him five years sooner than his father had; of Eber, Genesis 10:25 .
BABEL: THE CITY AND THE TOWER Up to this time there was only one language. In the world today men wish they could have this advantage, but God is...
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived aft...
No text from Poole on this verse. 2281
The Birth of Abram ( Genesis 11:10 b to 27a). The genealogy that follows links Abram back to Shem. This was why God was to be blessed with regard...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 11:10 . These are the generations of Shem] The genealogies are here only given in part, the writer’s object being to tra...
Genesis 11:1 . One language or lip. These words are to be literally understood, because it is added, God confounded their language. There has been...
These are the generations of Shem The generations of Shem I. THE LINE IN WHICH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD WAS PRESERVED. II. THE DIRECTIO...
EXPOSITION Genesis 11:10 These are the generations of Shem . The new section, opening with the usual formula (cf. Genesis 2:4 ; Genesis...
The Generation of Shem
And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber;
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: